Hotels

Chinese App giant C-Trip is about to arrive in Europe

  Attending the Phocuswright conference in Los Angeles during November 2016 provided a fascinating insight on the strategic intentions of the Chinese travel giant C-Trip. The Chinese travel market is […]

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Managing turnover for Front Office Upgrade Program: 3 considerations

One of the biggest factors contributing to a successful Front Office Upgrade Program is turnover. Manage it well and as new Agents come and go over time, you can build […]

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IHG Challenges Brands to Address Needs of the ‘Age of I’ Customer

Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG®) today launches its 2017 Trends Report – The Uncompromising Customer: Addressing the Paradoxes of the ‘Age of I’ – at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in […]

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Tapping Into Integrations is Essential to Hotel Growth

With countless systems and multiple departments, managing a hotel today can be challenging and complex. Traditional software, such as the PMS, limits hoteliers’ freedom to work with several different vendors. […]

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Why Measuring Guest Feedback is Essential for Hotel Groups

Managing any business across different branches and locations is no easy task, and a hotel group is no exception. As your locations diversify and your business grows, so you need […]

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No More Spaghetti: Where Hotel Technology Must Go in 2017

A fly on the wall of a conversation about hotels and technology will almost invariably hear the word silos. How are technology silos holding us back, for instance? Data silos […]

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Will Facebook Recommendations Create a New Channel for Hotel Bookings?

Facebook has recently launched a new tool to help users discover new experiences, things to do, events, and services based on suggestions from their friends. After writing a post, Facebook […]

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Examining the Strength of the Top 25 Hotel Markets

As the U.S. hotel industry continues its RevPAR growth cycle, some signs of a growth slowdown are apparent. The increase in new Hotel rooms in the United States is rapidly […]

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The beautiful evolution of hotel room pricing over the last 15 years

What’s an online travel agent, please? Let’s be honest. We in hospitality all played our part in creating and growing them: the online travel agencies such as Expedia, Booking.com, Orbitz, […]

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10 Things You Must Do to Grow Your Hotel’s Direct Bookings

There’s been a huge amount of talk in the industry recently about direct bookings, in an attempt to loosen the hold that OTAs have on the industry. A term we hear a […]

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